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Application June 23, 1932, Serial No. 618,993

4 Claims. v(Cl. 189-86) This invention relates to wall coverings, and particularly to enameled sheet metal wall coverings.

One object of the present invention is to provide a wall covering of this character which is so constructed that the different parts thereof may be easily and quickly assembled, on the wall, and as easily removed therefrom.

Another object is to provide a wall covering of this character wherein the joints of the different parts are properly concealed from view, and efficiently held against displacement.

Another object is to provide a wall covering of this character wherein the fastening means for the parts of the covering, and the joint covering means are concealed from View.

Other objects and advantages will 'be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a wall covering, made in accordance with the present invention, which includes wall plates, a rail, and a base-board, with coverings for the joints thereof.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevation of a wall covering which covers the wall above the rail.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional View on the 35 une 6 6 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the upper end of the cover member 32.

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view through the corner of a room, showing the manner of covering the parts meeting therein.

Figure 9 is a View similar to Figure 8, showing another manner of covering the meeting parts the corner of a room.

Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view, similar to Figure 2, showing the rail as an independent strip.

Figure 11 is a sectional view similar to Figure 5, showing the rail as an independent strip, in 50` connection with the invention, when the wall is covered above the rail.

Figure 12 is an elevation similar to Figure 1, of the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 10.

Figure 13 is a fragmentary perspective view of the independent rail and panel plate of the form of Figure 10.

Figure 14 is a fragmentary perspective view of the upper end of the panel plate of the form of Figures 1 and 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, and particularly to Figures 1, 2, and 3, 10 represents a number of rectangular, flat metal plates, which are disposed against the wall 11, with their vertical edgesspaced apart. Driven into the wall, midway between the said vertical edges of the plates, adjacent the upper and lower ends of said plates, are the screws 12, and engaged on each of the screws are the disks 13, 14, and 15, the former, which is of the greatest diameter, is disposed against the faces of the plates, the next disk 14, being disposed outwardly of the rst disk, while the disk 15, which is preferably cupped, is disposed outwardly of the disk 14.

The lower end of each of the sheets or plates 10 is curved outwardly and downwardly,` at 16, and inwardly at 17, to rest on the floor 18, and form a base-board. Y

The upper end of each of the plates 10 is bent horizontally outward, as at 19, upwardly therefrom, as at 20, and thence horizontally inward, toward the wall, as at 21. The resultant of the bent portions 19, 20, and 21 form the rail, which extends completely around the room.

Disposed in covering relation to the vertical joints of the plates 10 are the covering members 22, each of which consists of an elongated strip of metal 23, the lower end of which is bent, as at 24, to conform with, and cover the outer portion of the lower end of each of the plates, at the sides of said joint, and rests on the floor. The body of each of these strips is spaced away from the plane of the plates 10, and has its side edges bent inwardly, as at 25, to engage against the faces of the adjacentplates 10. These edges are finally doubled on themselves, as at 26.

Properly secured to the inner face of the body of each of the said covering strips are the offset tongues 2'7, the lower ends of which are cut away, as at 28, whereby to produce the spaced leg portions 29, which engage between the cupped disk 13 and the disk 13, in straddling relation to the smaller disk 14, whereby to hold said strip in proper position to cover the joint between the adjacent plates 10.

Disposed in covering relation to the joint between the rail sections is a cap member 30, the inturned side portions 31, of which, extend inwardly and contact with the adjacent portions of the outer faces of the rail ends. The cap is formed with a downwardly extending angular portion 32, which embraces the upper end portion of the covering strip 22.

Secured to the inner face of the cap 30 is a substantially U-shaped member 33, the legs of which bear against the wall. The transverse por- `tion of the member 33 is provided with anopenf ing 34, registering with: a similar: opening 35, in the center of' the cap, to receive the screw 36,

l. Which is'driven into the wall, for holding the parts together, and in proper position on the wall.

When the Wallis covered with plates above` the rail, the joints between the plates are covered by the strips 23', and the upper side of'each cap is provided with an upwardly extending angular portion 32', which embraces the upper portion of said strip, as clearly.l seenin Figures.

am convenient. to use independent rails, instead of forming the rails on the panel plates. This is illustrated inY Figures 10, 11, 1-2,and 13, of the drawings.

As clearly seeny in Figure 10, the. panel plate 10, is disposedagainst. the wall, and against the upper portion of' its outer` face is engaged the lower inturned portion of. the rail 42, the inturned: upper portion of the rail' being engaged against the wall. A. cap or cover 30 embraces the meeting ends of the two. rail sectionsv 41' and 42, said cap having the downwardly extending channeledl portion 32"', which embraces the upper end of the cover member22, of the joint of the panel plates.` The. cap 30. is. secured in place by the. screw 36, andA to. prevent inward- 4E bending of the cap, when the screw is. tightened',

an angular U-shaped spacing and bracing member 33 is interposed` between the cap andthe wall, and lying between theadjacent-ends of the two rail sections 41 and 42, the. screw passing through an opening in the intermediate transverse portion` of said member.

Whenv panel plates areused above the raiLthe ca-p is provided with an extension 32" -projecting g., above the rail, asfclearly seen Figure 11, of the drawings, said extension embracing the lower endv of` the plate` joint cover strip- 23". The construction andarrangementcf theparts'gzin thisinstance being practically the same. as when` the4 an plates are. used below the rail.

The construction of the upper edge of a panel plate, used below the rail, is clearly shown at 20, in Figure 14.

When a co-rner of a room is reached, a plate 10 is bent at right angles, to t in the corner, as at 37 in Figure 8, of the drawings, the side edges of said plate, on the adjacent walls, being held, with relationto the adjacent panel" plates 10, of'said walls, by the disks 13, and 15, and the tongues 40, carried by the angularly bent cover plate 39.

Another manner of treating the wall covering, in the corner of a room is shown in Figure 9, wherein a comparatively large angle plate 38 is used to nt intol the corner. The side edges of this angle' plate 38, together with the adjacent vertical edges of the wall or panel plates 10, are covered by the strips 22, held in place by the disks 13. and 15, and the tongues 40', the latter carried by said cover strips.

What is claimed is:

1. Awall coveringcomprising plateseach hav,- ing rail and base-boardl portions, means for attaching the platesto. a wall comprising a screwA and disks thereon, a covering strip for the joint between adjacent plates, a tongue on said strip engaged. between said disks, and a cap. covering the joint between adjacent rail portions having. extension embracing a portion of said strip.

2'.v A wall covering comprising plates arranged with their vertical edges in spacedrelation, a fastening means including a screw vpassing between said edges andV engaged in a wall, disks on the screw, a spacing disk between said disks, and` a covering strip for the joint between the adjacent plates, and a tongue onthe covering strip engaging. the spacing disk between the spaced disks, y 3. In combination, a pair of spaced'wall plates, a channel-like cover` member straddling the space between said plates, securing means including spacedv flange portions, means to secure said securing means to-a wall behind the channel member, and a clip fixed to the under side of ther channel member and having a rearwardly offset lower end engaged between the said spacedange portions. n

4. In combinatioma pair ofspaced wall plates,

a channel-like cover member straddling the space between said plates, a securing member includ-v ing spaced portions, means to secure said securingV member to a wall behind the channel member, and a clip xed to the underside of the. channel member and having a rearwardly offset lower endl engaged' between said spaced portions, one of said spaced portions being of such width as to span and rest on the adjacent edges of the wall plates..

HAROLD B. LITTLE. KENNETH C. MILLER. 

